Iceback

Glad "we" are losing weight again at least. Need to get back on track for my part

I don't think I mentioned it specifically before now.
I'm on meds but my hope is that if I cut out all the crap in my diet and lose a bit of weight I'll be able to get off the pills. No biggy just a wake up call.

dontwantaname

Does the doctor think the diabetes will go away if you watch your diet?

Hubby came up pre diabetic in a blood test. His dad has it.
Hubby lost 10 lbs and it went away.
He isn't a sugar guy, but loves his carbs.
Cereal for breakfast, bagel or pizza for lunch. Pasta for dinner.
That would be his preferred diet.
Oh and pretzels for snack

Of course, if he gains weight, it will come back.
He cut back on carbs, but he didn't cut them out.

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Iceback

Does the doctor think the diabetes will go away if you watch your diet?

Hubby came up pre diabetic in a blood test. His dad has it.
Hubby lost 10 lbs and it went away.
He isn't a sugar guy, but loves his carbs.
Cereal for breakfast, bagel or pizza for lunch. Pasta for dinner.
That would be his preferred diet.
Oh and pretzels for snack

Of course, if he gains weight, it will come back.
He cut back on carbs, but he didn't cut them out.

I don't know. I haven't talked to him since I was diagnosed.I just got a call from his office to start on meds after some additional blood work was done. I see him Monday.

Iceback

Josephus wrote:Exercise and a bit of weight loss can often reverse type 2 diabetes. It's well worth it.

That's what I'm counting on. It's really not that much of hardship for me, I was in good shape and ate fairly well(mainly due to my former profession) I just got lazy the last 10 years. I've lost weight and am eating a lot better. I'll find out next week if I'm heading in the right direction.
I figure I need to lose another 25 lbs. to get back to what I concider my ideal weight.

Iceback

My grandmother, father and sister had (has) it so I was genetically vunerable.My next step will be to quit smoking when I get comfortable with the eating well thing. That'll help my blood pressure too so hopefully I'll be free from that pill also.

dontwantaname

Iceback wrote:My grandmother, father and sister had (has) it so I was genetically vunerable.My next step will be to quit smoking when I get comfortable with the eating well thing. That'll help my blood pressure so hopefully I'll be free from that pill too.

That is a hard one.

I was too cheap to smoke. Thank goodness. I think it is $10 a pack now in NY.

I would smoke the free samples they handed out on the street.
Can you imagine people handing out packs of 4 free cigarettes on the street now???

KtCallista

Iceback wrote:My grandmother, father and sister had (has) it so I was genetically vunerable.My next step will be to quit smoking when I get comfortable with the eating well thing. That'll help my blood pressure too so hopefully I'll be free from that pill also.

Glad to hear you are mastering it! My Mom has it, her uncle has it. Mom does the meds, uncle does the diet... I hate being high risk for it, it's like it's always there looming as a possible/potential life.

dontwantaname

Josephus wrote:Ithaca's a small liberal arts school. Can't get a degree without some biology or chemistry.

I don't think Daughter took any science. Maybe she did.
The two big schools at Ithaca were Communications and Music. When Daughter graduated they were pushing the business school. Not sure it had any heavy sciences.

I guess if the girl was going for sports reporting, those kids were more into sports. So she would have had different skills than Daughter.

I'll ask her the next time I see her. Which I hope isn't for the funeral for her old chem teacher.

Absurd statement of the day for news tease on TV:
Find out who is saying Robert Wagner is responsible for Natalie Woods death.

Duh! EVERYONE!

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Turken

Same way a Prius is so energy efficient but half the speed of a regular car. In pretty much any process efficiency and expediency are a direct trade-off, so the more you're willing to waste, the faster you can get the "easy" part of the work done.

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